Got this interview back one year and one day after the last interview (ie, the 24th of August 2001). It was done by e-mail.
As a follow up to one of my questions last interview, you've now taken the opportunity to pash Paul McDermott at the final Good News Week...how did you feel after that?
I felt great, although I must admit the sex that night was a little more than I expected. I don't normally go that far on a first date.
Another follow up, so was 'Wil of Fortune' your favourite comedy festival show you've done?
Hmmm... I don't know. I think technically it was th best one that I have done. There was more jokes in it, they felt more like my voice, and it had a nice consistent theme, but I think my favourite show was still the version of Wilennium that I took to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Some might say that with you co-hosting breakfast radio and hosting a Ted Robinson TV show, you're following in Paul McDermott's footsteps...what do you have to say to that?
I couldn't follow in his footsteps, his feet are much smaller than mine. But to be serious, I don't really see much resemblence between me and Paul. He is a much more polished performer than me. I think I'm a little more random and messy and improv, so if you wanted to compare with anyone who had done the brekkie thing it would probably be Mikey.
How do you find working on the Glasshouse with Corinne Grant and Dave Hughes?
I'm finding it a bit tough at the moment getting used to the hosting role. It is not something I wanted to do, or something that comes very naturally to me. I would much prefer to just be one of the panellists, but I couldn't turn down the opportunity to work with two people I admire that much. Corinne is just passionate, intelligent and brilliant, and Dave I think is just about the best stand-up comedian in Australia.
What's your favourite segment?
We don't really have "segments" as such, they are just piss-weak excuses to make up some funny shit, or get a conversation going. If anything I like the trophy which is a subtle joke (see if you can work it out) that will be revealed at the end of the series.
What happened on your first appearance on Cops on Heat that made you want to go back for a second run?
I just think those guys are brilliant improvisers and it is such a great idea, i hope they bring it bacck next year and it gets even bigger audiences. But my favourite moment was when they re-enacted my gay Dad meeting my slutty mum at the Heyfield Timber Festival Ball.
Who's the sexiest guy you've pashed on stage?
A tie: Justin Hamilton (Adelaide's funniest comic); Paul, Fleety or Kate Atkinson from Sea Change.
Many people question your sexuality, what do you have to say for yourself in that field?
I think who people fuck should be none of anybody else's business.
What was the best bit about being on the final Cops on Heat Interrogation room?
Getting to work with the amazing talent, and great guy that is Adam Hills. I would pay money for that privilege.
What were your impressions of Adam Hills pretending to be you?
Despite the fact that he was trying to be mean and nasty, he is actually so nice that his impression of me being nasty was still much nicer than I actually am in real life. If that sentence actually makes any sense at all.
Did you like been 'nasty' Adam Hills?
I think there actually is a nasty Adam Hills somewhere. It's like the movie twins. This Adam got all the good bits, but there is a nasty one out there who probably looks a bit like Danny DeVito.
How hard was it to juggle 'Wil of Fortune' and breakfast radio during the comedy festival?
It's tough, just like juggling it with four days a week working on a TV show. Ideally for time I would not do as much stand-up, but because I never wanted to be a radio person or tv person and what I really love is stand-up I have to fit it in wherever I can, even if that means surviving on seven hours of sleep in a week which is what I have had this week.
What's the most memorable occasion during your time working with Adam Spencer on triple j?
Everything and nothing. That's the beautiful thing about breakfast radio. It's so memorable or yet at the same time so disposible and forgettable. That's what it is all about. Think of a joke, tell it, and then set it free never to be heard again. (Well unless it happens tto be about Weekend At Bernies)
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